WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Knife Owners' Protection Act, H.R.3478, has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Matt Salmon (AZ-05). H.R.3478 would protect the right of knife owners to travel throughout the U.S. without fear of prosecution under the myriad patchwork of state and local knife laws.

Some state knife laws have been really badly written. I remember years ago, reading the Florida statute on concealed carry and one of the things forbidden was “Buck Knifes”. That surely meant one of the Buck 110 lockback knives, but it simply said Buck.

However it was interpreted, it was a bad law and I suspect has been repealed or re-written.

I remember a story a couple years ago in some legal journal about a legal interpretation that said knives are protected under the 2nd amendment just the same as guns because “arms” as defined during the time the 2nd was written meant far more than just guns, “arms” were essentially anything you might need to effectively defend your property and community, in the terms of the day that meant muskets, musket balls, gunpowder, bayonet, sword, knives even a cannon if you could afford one.

So now we’re going to have poorly written Law A that will supersede and protect you from poorly written Law B, which was poorly written to clarify poorly written Law C, which is peripherally connected to poorly written Law D, which was never enforced because poorly written Law E has conflicting language, which still leaves spoons and forks in unregulated limbo.

Not really a sword item, but something related to edged weapons... I don’t know what this proposed law is about in detail, but in general I certainly would like to see some deregulation of knives in several key ways.

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posted on 11/18/2013 12:36:02 PM PST
by Ramius
(Personally, I give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?)

Finally. It’s about time we repealed the frankly ridiculous laws against various types of knives. Trench knives, switchblades, and butterfly knifes should be legal to carry. In addition, can brass knuckles be attached?

The knife laws in some states are truly bad. Minnesota’s is so vague, nobody knows if you’re even allowed kitchen knives.

The thing is long enough to actually go all the way through a relatively thin person. It’s more of a show weapon than anything else, until I can custom make some sort of sheath for it. Full tang is great for durability, but not good for easy carry.

So, an illegal knife is one that's over 5.5 inches. That includes half the knives in the kitchen drawer. Heaven forbid if I get caught with the turkey carving knife and the bread slicer next week. SWAT better have room for the confiscated pressure cookerS, too.

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posted on 11/18/2013 8:01:16 PM PST
by bgill
(This reply was mined before it was posted.)

My Father served on a Walton County Jury back in the late 40s. A Black hobo was being tried for having a concealed weapon, a knife. The defendant had no attorney but he showed how he used the knife to open cans. He also had a fork and spoon in his kit.

Now Daddy and probably every other man on the jury would now probably be considered a racist. It didn’t matter tho as they had no interest in convicting an innocent man and found him not guilty.

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